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S. BOHNERT SMOKER S CABINET Aug. 8, 1933.

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v sMoKERs CABINET Filed Jan. 3, 1933 2`Sheets-Sheet 2 /Nl/ENTR l 5TEPHENB0HN T B Y dw, a. (mlb A TTORNEY Patented Aug.- 8, 1933 l l Y UNITED STATES PATE-NT OFFICE j ApplicationJanuary 3, 1933. Serial No. 649,937

' 1 claim. (ol. x12-191) My invention relates to a combination smokers thereto, -and this plate hasV a vseries of pivots 23 cabinet or receptacle, manually operated to dis- `around the vouter edgevthereohwhich engage in pense cigars, cigarettes and the like. slots 25 in crank arms 24 projecting from a series One object is to provide an ornamental conof hollow vertical rods 14 which are'mounted in Y 5 tainer having a multiple of pivoting compartbearings in the top plate 15 and the baseplate 16. 60 l,

ments equipped to contain cigars, cigarettes or These rods or lposts 14 are joined or fixed to-the the like. doors 32, which constitute receptacles, andy which Another object is to provide a means whereby `are curved to conform tothe shape of the cabinet all of the compartments open simultaneously and and which swing between the top and bottomv l0 close in the same way, by a simple operation. members of the cabinet. Each door has onthe 65 Other objects may be noted Afrom the following inner side a base 28 and a bander clip 27 to hold specifications and the accompanying drawings, the cigars and cigarettes confined therein. `'Ihe d in which: free edge 'of each door may have an ornamental Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Vbead29V corresponding to the shape of the post 14. 15 Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. In operation, by turning theA knob 10 one way 70 Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3of Fig. 2. Y or the other the disk 22 is turned, and actingV on Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section showthe cranks 24 through; the slotand pivot'connecing the pivoting post and cam construction. tions acts to swingthe doorsto open or ,closed Fig. 5 is a side view of the device in an open position. Whenfopenrall of the compartments are 2D position, accessible. When closed the article has the ap- 75 Fig. 6 is a similar view to Fig. 3 but with the pearance of an ornamental can or container. The compartments open. Y f doors may be paneled or ornamented as desired,; v The device comprises a top and a base between and the whole providesa'smokers cabinet desir-A which are confined a plurality of pivoted ,com. able in appearance and convenienty to operate.. 25 partments,V in the shape of doors which maybe Iclaim: Y A 80v swung to open 'or closed position.V When closed In a cabinet, the combination of ahollow sheet the container as a whole has the appearance of metal base, a hollow sheet metal central post an ornamental can. When open the doors or mounted thereon, a hollow sheet metal top struccompartments are accessible to permit a cigar or ture supported on the upper end ofthe post, the

CO cigarette to be taken therefrom, these articles upper plate of the base and the lower plate of the 85" being confined or held on theinner sides of the top structure having slots therein and the ends 1 doors. f ,l .I of the post having tongues projecting through In the drawings 16 indicates a hollow sheet said slots and bent over` against the plates` to metal base having a bottom plate 30 withV afelt fasten the base, topstructure and post together, f 33 pad 31 if desired.' Supported on this base is a a central shaft extending through thepost and 90V l hollow central post 1'7 which supports ahollow the hollow top'structure and provided with a knob i top consisting of a plate 15 pressed or otherwise at the top, a crank disk mounted on the shaftassembled with a cover `13. The post 17 isconwithin the rhollow top, a series of doors forming i nectedV to the'plates 15 -and 16 as by tongues 18 the side wall of the cabinet and havingposts 'il and.19 extending through slots 20 and 21 in said journaled at their opposite ends in the top and 95 plates, and thenvilangedover tov form a support base'structures, and crank arm connections enwhich spaces the top and bottom structures apart. y closed within the hollow top between ther upper A shaft 12 extends through the hollow post 1'7 ends of the door posts Yand. the disk, whereby the and is supported in a bearing 26 in the bottom and doors may be swung to open or closed position by' 3 at the top is provided with a knob'or buttonlO' turningv the knob. 1 l0() having ribs 11 whereby it may be turned. Y This l f STEPHEN BOHNERT. shaft carries a disk or plate 22 which is fastV Y 55 l mi 

